Cider-press.



No. 635,567. Patented Aug; 22, I899.

B. J. FOWLER.

CIDER PRESS.

(Application filed May 6, 1899.)

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Patented Aug. 22, i399.

B. u. FOWLER. CIDER PRESS. A umin filed m a, 1899.)

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BYRoN .T. FOWLER, or WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

Gloss-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,567,fdated August 22, 1899. Application filed Maya; 1899. Serial in). 715,88 o mote s i To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I,' BYRON J. FOWllFIR, a

, citizen. of the United States'of America, and

a residentef Westfield,in the county of Hampdcn and State of Massa'chusetts,have in vented certain new and useful Impro vemeuts' in Cider-Mills, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description,

' The'object of-this invention is to provide a cider-mill which is of inexpensive, simple, 7 and cheap construction and having the capability of efficient use'at' comparatively small.

power for making cider from pomace or ground, crushed, or grated apples or from a pomace of other fruit.

:The invention consists in the construction and combinations of parts, all substantially as hereinafter described, and set for-thin the claims.

Reference is to-be had to, the accompanying drawings, in which-'' Figure 1 is a side elevation of the said invention.

I horizontal longitudinal beams or members 12 '12, and end cross-beams 1 3 13, although obviously'this framing maybe of any 0011'- struction having fitness to the purpose.

B B B B are a series of lower squeezer-rolls horizontally and transversely mounted in suitablejournals therefor at an up'perparto'f the ,framing A, and G C C0 are a series of upper squeezer-rolls arranged over therolls 13-, they being journaled in suitable bearings therefor in the upper horizontal roll-carrying frame I), which is adjustable within comparatively slight limits 'toward and. from the main frame. The rollat the lower left, Fig. 1, has

. drivingpulley a, which'is mounted on a short counter-shafthhmat is provided with a pinion d, which meshes. intofthe gear-wheel f onthe enelizioned roll' B. Each in the same direction.

- B and below such rolls.

driving motion imparted thereto from the 5s- -ear end a spur gear- .wheel 9 'h h It being inter-mediates, so that all of the lower rolls will be rotatednniformly Each upper roll 0 has 5 5""- at its rear end a gear-wheel g", which meshes into the adjacent gear-wheel of a corresponding lower roll. j

i F represents a lower apron, and G represents an upper apron. The lower apron, which is endless, runs around the supportrolls 2' and i therefor at the opposite ends of the machine, the upper and lower courses of this apron moving, respectively above and closely over the tops of the sque'ezer-rolls B The upper'aprou G, which is also endless, runs around the support-rollj at an upper left-hand end portion of the machine, and the upper .and lower. courses thereof encircle around the upper set of squeezer rol'ls C O. I

The upper movable frame D is supported adjustably above the main; frame A by the posts k, which are screw-threaded at theirextremities, extending-above theside beams 12 12 of the frame A, and having the nuts 15, threading on the posts is, directly supporting the upper frame. As specifically shown and preferably constructed, the posts 7:. k penetrate loosely and vertically the; top side beams of the mainframe A anddepend therebelow andare sustained by the nuts 16, which screw-engage the threaded portions -of the posts adjacent the top of the beams 12. Said posts sustain between them the v'at or tank for-the reception of the juice expressed from. the pomace by the rolls 0 B.

The rolls 0 B at the left are in practice by reason of the adjustment of the upper frame D practically in contact or at least so close. 0 as no-bring the adjacent courses .of the two aprons in-contact where they pass between the said upper and lower left-hand rolls; but slight though gradually widenin g spe eesare left between the other pairs of rolls procoedin g toward the right-hand end. of the machine and as indicated in asomewhatexaggerated.

manner in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings.

Adjacent'and below the upper course of the lower apron F and adjacent theaprom- 10c support roll 1 is a table or horizontal bench like part of themachine, (indicated at.m,) onto which the pomaoe is introduced in any suitable-way.

In practice a grinding or grating machine will be located in somewhat the position indicated by the dotted line at J, Fig. 1, so that the ,pomace may be supplied continuously 5 and directly onto the apron at that portion thereof which is over the said table m, and whichlatter'supports the weight of the pomace on the apron and prevents the undue sagging of the latter at this part of the machine.

to The table m preferably has the cheek pieces or upstanding side ribs just outside the edges of the apron F.

n represents a spreader, the same being supportedat the r 5 right-hand end of the upper frame'and havr ing its-position below and convergent to the rightward thereof, the lower edge of this spreader being somewhat above the top of the l'owerapron.

2'0 The first pair of squeezer-rolls C and B at the right are preferably provided with ribs at 17in Fig. 3.

The arrowsin Fig.3 indicate the course of travelof the aprons.

2 5 '0 and represent scraper-bars suitably supported for impingement-transversely and' edgewise against'the under courses of the two aprons, and in addition thereto are the rotary brushes p and p driven by belts 2O and22 o from the driving-pulley a, the directionof rotation of the brushes being the reverse of the travel of the apronson whieh they operate' The aprons are formed of an open-mesh fab ric,

.formed of openly-woven strands of jute or, hemp or other fibrous material or of wire.

The pomace being, introduced upon the rightwardly-protruding upperi' course of the 40 lower apron F is carried leftward by the latter, subject to the action of the spreader, ,u'hereby it is distributedsufiiciently .even upon the apron,and is thence carried between and to the squeezing action of the several. 5 pairs of 'upperand lower rolls, the juice be-,

ing expressed by the rolls, and falls therebe- {low through the open-work apron into the vat. The pomace' which may adhere to the apron is, as to'the greater portion thereof, scraped 5o therefrom by the action of the scrapers and ofiand .the apron is furthermore cleared of the pomaceremnams by the brushes.

The weight of the vat and the cider therein constitutes'in asimple and effective way the means for holding the upper rolls with the required considerable pressure down to the limits of their separation from the lower rolls asreguiatedby the'adjustmentrofihenuts' or. 16-one or both. After the upper rolls and the upper movable frame have been adjusted in their proper separation the nuts 19 19, applied on the screw-posts 10 under the beams 12 of the frame, will insure that the rolls are not further separated during the passage of the pomace therethrough and by the spreading action of the latter even should of upper squeezer-rolls C and a correspondthe weight of the "at and its contents be in-- large V- or pl'ow shaped;

the mesh thereof being indicated in Fig. if 35 5, and such fabric may be advantageously the endless aprons F and stantially as described, means 1 rotary motions to the rolls,

' engaged on said posts and the upper roll-supporting frame D en-. 'gaged with the tops;of said posts and sussufiicieut to hold the rolls in the suitable proximity.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatcut, is

1. "In acider-mill, in combination, the upper and'lower pairsof squeezer-rolls, and the upper and lower framesin which they are sustained, the upper frame being adj ustably movable relatively to the lower frame, the

tive series of said rolls, said apron F being sustained and having an end portion thereof extending endwise beyond the squeezer-rolls,

apronsF and G running aroundthe respecthe spreader n of V shape located above and projecting horizontally over said extended.

portion of the apron, and supported by said upper frame, and causing apron. i

andmeans for rotating the rolls the traveling movements to said 2. In a cider-mill in combination, the upper and lower pairs of squeez'er-rolls, the upper frame D in which the upper series of said rolls ably movable, means forlimiting saidframe,

whereby the upper'rolls may be approached 1 I as desired more or lessnearly to the lower rolls and the vat below both series of both rolls, supported by said upper frame, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 3. In a cider-mill, the combination with the {main frame A'having the series 'of squeezerrolls B B journaled thereon, the vertical posts or rods 70 70 having their upper end portions ed vertically. through perforations therefor in members of the main frame, provided on said post-s next above the main frame,

screw threaded and exten the nuts orabutments 16 the movable frame D mounted on the ends of said posts, the upper series of squeezer-rolls journaled in said upper frame,

for imparting I and traveling movements to the aprons, and the vat or j uicereceivin g receptacle supported by the depending lower'portions lsqueezer-rolls' and exerting by the weight ,I thereof, a downward pressure upon said upof said posts 70-, belowthe per frame and theupper series of rolls car-- ried thereby.- 1

4. In a cider-mill of the character described, the main frame A comprising the opposite side rails 12, 12, the vertical posts or rods 70 k,

on the/tops of the said beams 12, the nuts 15 near their upper ends tained by said" nuts 15, and the vat H sup ported at the lower ends of the said posts, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 5. Ina cider-mill'in combination, the series- G arranged sub- IIO- 9 are mounted, and which is vertically adj usting series of lower squeezer-rolls B, the 1-0111? which runs thereoyer, substantially as delo endwise'beyond thelower series, the apron G scribed.

arranged to run around the upper series, the 1 Signed by me,at Springfield,Massachusetts, apron F arranged to run around the lower this 20. day of May, 1399.

series, and the r0112, the table m beneath the upper course of the said apron F between said BYRON roll 1' and the first pair of squeezer-rolls, and \Vitnesses: the V-shaped spreader N supported above \VM. S. BELLOWS,

the said table 'm and'the portion of the apron I M. A. CAMPBELL. 

